Entry #4

Dates:10/6/18-10/11/18
Activities: Posting pictures and updates to social media, setting up online store, adding emails to a subscription list
Technical Information: Mail Chimp, Weebly, Facebook, Instagram
Reflection: Going back to a week or so ago Brandy wanted me to create a way to capture people's emails so we could send them information about new products or classes. We ended up using mail chimp to do this and create a pop-up box that will ask people for their names and emails if they want to subscribe to Be Collective. After a little bit of reading up on Mail Chimp I figured out how to add people to a list and send mass emails. Most of this work week was made up of me taking the emails that Brandy had sent and adding them to the list.

After I had inputted all the emails Brandy asked me if there was anyway for me to send them all an email with her guide, "Ten ways to Be". In Mail Chimp I went to the email template and added the guide she wanted and then changed the template to have the company name, and other information and stylized the template with some other colors. Once I was finished I went ahead and sent it out and I sent one to myself beforehand to make sure everything looked okay and to double check spelling.

Besides the emails, there wasn't really anything new that I was doing, I was updating the Facebook page and posting to Instagram, and adding blog posts to the site and checking the sales of the Be Box.

This internship is meeting my expectations because I am thinking of having a job very similar to this after college. I wanted to know what webpage design and online management would be like and I feel like my internship will be very similar to this job. This internship is for a collection of local businesses and I happen to know my boss very well before I started so the environment is more casual and relaxed than I imagine a more corporate business will be. I have a lot of control in my job mostly due to the fact my boss isn't tech savvy, but at the same time it makes it harder. Some of my tasks are to do things I have never done and I am learning as I am going. Brandy can help me with content that she wants but anything tech related, or just getting something running I am on my own. Although, I think this has held me be a better problem solver and a quicker learner.